Paint brush



Feb. 1, 1966 w, MaGDQNALD Q 3,231,919

PAINT BRUSH Filed Dec). 18, 1963 INVENTOR WINFRED A. Mac DONALDATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,231,919 PAINT BRUSH Winfred A.MacDonald, Medford, Mass, assignor to Star Brush Manufacturing Co.,Inc., Boston, Mass, a corporation of New York Filed Dec. 18, 1963, Ser.No. 331,609 1 Claim. (Cl. 15-174) The invention comprises a new andimproved paint brush having a ferrule of thin sheet metal in which isoutlined the contour of a flat hook that may be forcibly bent out of theferrule by the user when he is ready to the outlined hook out from itsflushposition in the plane of the ferrule. The brush may now be hung bythe hook on either the inside or the outside of the paint pail betweenperiods of actual use.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood andappreciated from the following description of a preferred embodimentthereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of thebrush showing the hook in flush position in the ferrule, and

FIG. 2 is a corresponding view showing the hook in its offset position.

The brush as manufactured and distributed to dealers is shown in FIG. 1.It comprises a handle and bristles 11 of conventional design. Thebristles are enclosed within a tubular ferrule 12 of thin sheet steel orother metal. This of course conforms to the shape of the particularbrush-in this case having a bristle mass two and one-half inches wide.

In stamping or dieing out the ferrule a hooked-shape tongue 13 isdefined in the flat portion thereof by a slotted or perforated line 14which outlines the side and end edges of the hook while leaving themetal of its base undisturbed. Preferably and as herein shown the sideedges are somewhat reentrant or concave so that the hook has has a waistof reduced width, and an enlarged rounded 3,231,919 Patented Feb. 1,1966 lCe the rest of the ferrule so that it may be engaged and pried outof its initial flush relation.

The ferrule 12 is formed with traverse corrugations 15 and 16 of whichthe upper corrugation 15 traverses the base of the hook 13 and defines afold vertex upon which the hook may be bent out of the plane of theferrule. These corrugations also stiffen the structure of the ferruleand act to some extent as barriers to the flow of paint toward thehandle 10 when the brush is used for over head work.

The brush reaches the user in the condition shown in FIG. 1 whereupon byinserting a blade under the end of the end of the tongue 13 its sideedges may he forcibly separated from the material of the ferrule and thetongue bent outwardly into the hook formation 13 shown in FIG. 2. Thehook extends outwardly from its fold vertex at right angles and thendownwardly thus providing a space for the reception of the rim of apaint can and a down-turned end portion for engaging either the inner orouter surface of the pail.

It will be apparent that the brush of this invention has the advantageof providing a book which is an integral pant of the conventionalferrule as distinguished from projecting hooks or clamps that must beattached to some part of the brush. Also, the outlined hook in its flushrelation in the ferrule is an attractive feature from the sales point ofview.

Having thus disclosed my invention and described in detail anillustrative embodiment thereof, 1 claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

A paint brush having a ferrule of thin sheet metal conmeeting the handleand bristles thereof, said ferrule presenting .a substantially flat areahaving therein the scored outline of a tongue in the shape of a fiathook lying flush in the ferrule, having a narrow waist and rounded head,and a rounded transverse corrugation in the ferrule defining a foldvertex about which the hook may be forcibly bent out of the plane of theferrule, the end of the hook being free from connection with the rest ofthe ferrule so that it may be engaged and pried out of its initial flushrelation in the flat area of the ferrule.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,814,201 7/1931Wingard 15-l71 2,309,990 2/ 1943 Savi 15-174 2,789,718 4/ 1957 Baum-ann22027 X CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner.

WALTERA. SCHEEL, Examiner.

